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#startupschool notes: Chris Dixon, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Founder, Hunch, SiteA

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Chris Dixon
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Founder, Hunch, SiteAdvisor

Good ideas that looks like bad ideas
Good ideas
You need to know the secret:
Be one of the people who believes in something than anyone else
Know the tools better than anyone else
Know the problems better than anyone else
Draw from your own experience
Powerful people will dismiss good ideas as toys
Book: The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business: Clayton M. Christensen: 9780062060242: Amazon.com: Book
They often seem as hobbies
Learn the secret through direct experience
Did the founder have some sort of domain experience.
Two was the developer startup ideas: 1 via experience or 2 via analyst reports